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IDL Web Inc. is a Canada-based agency with a global client base. Our goal is to combine exceptional web design and development solutions with digital marketing services to separate your business from the competition. We have the expertise and experience to be your go-to partner for all of your web and digital marketing needs, well beyond the initial website build.

To understand why small businesses need local SEO it is important to understand what local SEO is, how building the local business on Google drives customers & how GMB is Google's way of helping small businesses. You need local SEO services so that your target local consumers looking online for your services can find you. With better local rankings, your page visits, as well as your conversions, will increase.

Small Businesses Need Local SEO To Stay Competitive in Local Market

Are you local Business competing with National Brands?

Like you, most of the local businesses suffer due to fierce competition of big brands operating next door. Revenues have been dwindling, customers are gone and margins have shrunk. For other few local businesses, growth has stagnated and they are not growing as much as they would want to or could have potentially grown given the equal ground and budgets of big brands.

As modern technology continues to develop, it’s becoming more challenging for companies to keep a steady pulse on what will get their brand noticed. We here at IDL Web help our clients stay on top of the latest trends and produce real results using innovative and creative digital marketing methods. Our process for increasing leads is uniquely efficient, and we know our work is unmatched, but we’re lucky enough to have others who agree with us. This recognition comes from Clutch, a B2B ratings and reviews platform based in Washington, D.C.

2018 marked the "End of Life" for PHP 5.6 and 7.0. In the very near future, PHP 7.1 will come to it's "End of Life". You may have seen the big red warning on your Joomla administrator panel regarding the upgrade and may have even attempted at upgrading PHP yourself only to have your Joomla site crash (blank page).

cPanel hosting hacked by malware called Cloki? IDL Web Inc. has the fix that can help you protect your hosting account from being taken down due to Cloki overloading server by running multiple processes concurrently..

The purpose of this article is to provide insightful information about hiring a Joomla developer or expert for your next project.

About Me

My name is Jacob Hodara, founder and senior Joomla developer at IDL Web Inc. I began my web development career in the year 2000, since 2005 focusing mainly on web development using Joomla (and Mambo for those who remember). Initially, I started developing Joomla templates, today we provide a complete set of Joomla Services for a global Joomla client base.

Over the years, I've dealt with thousands of customers and websites & understand how difficult it is to hire Joomla developer who is an expert. This article is a combination of 17+ years of experience, it's goal - to help you find right Joomla Developers for hire.

Can anyone become a Web developer for Joomla?

The short answer is yes.

Anyone 'can' say they are a professional Joomla developer in this online world.

What about hiring a Joomla Developer offshore?

If you currently own a website, there is a good chance an offshore company has reached out to you by now.

Over the years, we've heard some bad experiences with offshore companies.

Timezone issues - If you run into a 'web emergency' during business hours, is the offshore team available? It may be 3AM where they are located.

Communication - Trying to communicate ideas, instructions and directions can be difficult.

Team Leader - You may be dealing with a team leader who then has to pass on information to his team. Though this is not a problem, expect a 'broken phone' approach where specific details can be missed or mistranslated.

Cost - $10/hour is a great price, but if it takes 5-10 hours to complete where is the cost saving?